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5 things you missed: Yahoo updates video, weather apps and more

By Kelly Metz, Digital First Media

Updated:
12/16/2013 04:08:42 PM EST

1. Yahoo updates streaming service with emphasize on personalization

Yahoo has announced a recent update to its Yahoo Screen streaming service that will let users follow or unfollow their favorite (and least favorite) channels. You can also personalize how you want the channels to appear by reordering them, as well as save videos to watch later.

In addition to the update, Yahoo Screen now features channels from The New York Times, BuzzFeed and more.

In case you're not too busy watching the aforementioned channels, you can now watch the weather in a visually appealing way on your iPad through Yahoo Weather.

The app has been available for the iPhone and iPad since April, but the latest version for the iPad features relevant Flickr photos, local weather conditions and the ability to share weather reports on social media.

Rather than go with the standard Netflix model of streaming books – paying a monthly subscription fee and having access to all the books you want – new book streaming service Entitle has taken a different approach. You pay a monthly fee but only have access to a few books. What's the difference? You actually own the books you download.

CEO Bryan Batten told TechCrunch he believes people “like the thought of owning something.” So now, even if you cancel your subscription, you get to keep the books you've accumulated. The service starts out at $14.99 per month for two books.

Minecraft, the popular first-person building game, will be available on PlayStation 3 consoles starting Dec. 17. Similar to when it launched on the Xbox 360, limitations with the console mean the worlds you build will be smaller than what you might see on a computer screen.

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